Airplane is Unable to Slow Down / Cathay Pacific Flight 780
Black Box Down
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The Filter Monitor
When investigators first found the truck they noticed that one of the filters was like crumbled, like it had been crushed. The main metering valve on both engines was totally gunked up with s a p. So when salt water is in there with the jet fuel, the salt water causes the filter to break down, and then that is what causes the s a p to escape the filter and thein flow along with the fuel. I mean, honestly, i'm not too worried about that's kind of academic. There shouldn't be any problems at all... but none are good enough yet. Thor: "I don't think we'll ever find out exactly how this accident happened"
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